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Archive for the ‘Tips and Advice’ Category


  • Installing ionCube PHP Loader on Bluehost

    By Ryan

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    I’m an avid WordPress user (every site I start up and run, and many of my clients’ sites as well) and when installing a new Plugin this morning I ran into a little problem. After about an hour of fiddling around on various FAQs and forum topics, I was able to deduce a solution. And rather than dust myself off and walk away, I’m posting this so that others might have an easier time than I did.

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    Posted on January 9, 2009 to:

      Dorky Code Tips and Advice

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    • Bluehost
    • PHP
    • WordPress
  • Acting Without Doing, or How I Use Quicksilver

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    About fifteen hours or so ago I posted a response to an acquaintance on a micro blogging platform I use in regards to Quicksilver, a free program for Mac OS X. This acquaintance (well, it was Adii) was looking to start using it, and I offered up some reading material. He and a couple of others seemed interested in how to best use it, so I thought I would take a few minutes and explain why this is the first program I’ll be installing on all of my Macs from now on.
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    Posted on September 19, 2008 to:

      My Favorite Things Tips and Advice

    Tagged:

    • Quicksilver
  • Don’t Punish Customers When They Purchase

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    Let’s say I just went through the purchasing process, and wasn’t too happy with the end result. The retailer in question is a very popular one, but pointing out who won’t strengthen my point any. At the end of the process, after completely checking out and giving them my money, I was bombarded by affiliate ads and promises for “$100 for free” if I participated in a survey. Yuck.
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    Posted on September 24, 2007 to:

      Internet Tips and Advice
  • Give Yourself a Loose Blogging Schedule

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    Sometimes, when writing for a blog, it can be difficult to come up with things to blog about. And sometimes it isn’t as harsh as that, but just gathering the energy can be challenging. When that happens (not if) I would suggest giving yourself a loose blogging schedule.
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    Posted on August 7, 2007 to:

      Blogging Tips and Advice
  • Clean Out Your Inbox With Highrise

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    One of my pet peeves is disorder. It doesn’t always get to me—sometimes my desk is in disarray, and my screen desktop is usually nuts—but certain things have always been (and always will be) an annoyance. One of those annoyances is my email inbox. I use Outlook, and I hate that it gets cluttered. Even when I organize it everything isn’t ideal. Windows’ folder system just isn’t attractive to me.
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    Posted on July 31, 2007 to:

      Internet Tips and Advice
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    My name is Ryan Imel, and I'm a web designer/developer working as a freelancer full time. I also manage to blog here and there. You can read more about me on (duh!) the about page.

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